Do you know your role in the Body of Christ ... and like it? 1 Chronciles 5-9

1 Chronicles 9:22-27 (NASBStr)

All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were 212. These were enrolled by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their office of trust. So they and their sons had charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, even the house of the tent, as guards. The gatekeepers were on the four sides, to the east, west, north and south. Their relatives in their villages were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them; for the four chief gatekeepers who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God. They spent the night around the house of God, because the watch was committed to them; and they were in charge of opening it morning by morning.

The above text is probably not a text a normal church service would incorporate for the "Scripture Reading for the Day."   In fact, most of 1 Chronicles would miss the cu as approved texts.   However, when we read the above lines again we must be struck by the "gatekeepers" role in the return of the exiles.  1 Chronicles is all about telling us who returns, where their genealogy comes from, where they settled, and what their role was in the return.   Notice the detail the author of Chronicles gives us.   He tells us how many gatekeepers.  He tells us their genealogy and heritage, being originally appointed by King David and, even mentioned by Samuel, the prophet.   He even tells us that in their term of duty they would be visited by their families.  They actually did an inventory of anything taken out and brought back from the temple.   These were men of trust and had a specific job that God recollects for us in this passage.  These were not the kings.  They were not the prophets.  They were not the priests.   They were the gatekeepers.   God had a role for them and that role was mighty in God's plan.   Don't ever relegate your role in the body of Christ as less than another's, simple because our society says the pastor gets paid and the user doesn't.   Don't diminish you role in the Body of Christ simply because the world and the preacher and the worship leader has promoted themselves like rock stars and the couple in the children ministry are not even known.   God has roles.  He values each and has a plan for them in His Kingdom.